ΥΕΤΑΙ, υεται
YETAI, yetai
Sounds Like: HYEH-tai
Translations: it rains, it is rained, it is being rained on
From the root: ΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to rain'. It is used impersonally in the third person singular, much like in English 'it rains'. It describes the act of precipitation from the sky. In its passive form, it can also mean 'to be rained on' or 'to be wet by rain'.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5203 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 1:31
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:50
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΕΙΝ — to rain, to send rain, to pour down
- ΥΕΤΩ — let it rain, may it rain
- ΥΟΝΤΑΙ — they are raining, they are being rained on, they are being wet, they are being moistened
- ΥΟΝΤΟΣ — of raining, of pouring, of sending rain
- ΥΣΕΙΝ — to rain, to send rain, to pour down
- ΥΣΕΝ — rained, it rained
- ΥΩ — to rain, it rains, to send rain
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